Minimum income protection in flux [electronic resource] /
Marx, I.editor.
Nelson, K.editor.
The current economic crisis has presented itself as a formidable challenge to the welfare states of Europe. It is more relevant than ever to ask: do existing minimum income protection schemes succeed in adequately protecting citizens, be it whether they are excluded from work, working, retired, or having children? Drawing on in-depth and up-to-date institutional data from across Europe and the US, this volume details the reality of minimum income protection policies over time. Including contributions from leading scholars in the field, each chapter provides a systematic cross-national analysis of minimum income protection policies, developing concrete policy guidance on an issue at the heart of the European debate.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 A New Dawn for Minimum Income Protection?; 2 Struggle for Life: Social Assistance Benefits, 1992-2009; 3 Mind the Gap: Net Incomes of Minimum Wage Workers in the EU and the US; 4 Child Poverty as a Government Priority: Child Benefit Packages for Working Families, 1992-2009; 5 Minimum Income Protection for Europe's Elderly: What and How Much has been Guaranteed during the 2000s?; 6 From Universalism to Selectivity: Old Wine in New Bottles for Child Benefits in Europe and Other Countries
7 Categorical Differentiation in the Light of Deservingness Perceptions: Institutional Structures of Minimum Income Protection for Immigrants and for the Disabled8 Origin and Genesis of Activation Policies in 'Old' Europe: Towards a Balanced Approach?; 9 Social Assistance Governance in Europe: Towards a Multilevel Perspective; 10 Minimum Social Protection in the CEE/CIS Countries: The Failure of a Model; 11 The EU and Minimum Income Protection: Clarifying the Policy Conundrum; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The current economic crisis has presented itself as a formidable challenge to the welfare states of Europe. It is more relevant than ever to ask: do existing minimum income protection schemes succeed in adequately protecting citizens, be it whether they are excluded from work, working, retired, or having children? Drawing on in-depth and up-to-date institutional data from across Europe and the US, this volume details the reality of minimum income protection policies over time. Including contributions from leading scholars in the field, each chapter provides a systematic cross-national analysis of minimum income protection policies, developing concrete policy guidance on an issue at the heart of the European debate.
Social policy.
Welfare state.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Political sociology.
Social service .
Cultural studies.
Social Policy.
Politics of the Welfare State.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Political Sociology.
Social Care.
Cultural Studies.